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Personal info

Full name
CLIFFORD, Thomas Michael "Tom"
Date of birth
14 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Hometown
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39261462
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
56th Armored Engineer Battalion,
11th Armored Division,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Near Mande - St. Etienne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 15

Immediate family

Members
Paul F. Clifford (father)
Mary J. (Wright) Clifford (mother)

More information

Pfc Thomas M. Clifford attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) for two years. He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 19 October 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten